The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 259, Ed. 1 Monday, October 4, 1920 Page: 18 of 18
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011 15 MD
AT 1600 FEET
mi mu
Alum Creek Drills in Its
Third Test on Wagner
Place Sunday.
NOT YET ON PUMP
But Indications Are It Will
Make 8 to 10 Barrels.
and Possibly More.
: . ' - aaothf: p • . • • si a!
• c -•? n- large or larger than the Som-
. >ct ■ ' ? ulged Sunday aft^r-
dm Alum Creek <Hi Com-
pan? d led in its M agi < N». 3 well
:ih it a ni’e the nth* r *ide Lavernia
>’ ... While this well has
b er pi t ««n the pump oi' men who
-a" it drilled I" are of the opinion
that it i* g"Oj 1 eight or ter. bar-
self and possibl. amcli more. drjwnding
•n ho v freely the oil flows int< the hole
t.jmn completion. The main fact how*
••ver. is that the oil i* there and it is
a greci. oil. high graih. mixed asphal-
tum and paraffine base and i’ essential
qualities. the same as the . il found in
the Somerset )kh> and the South Me-
dina field. Likewise H i' pieked up at
ibdentiral depth. Dim* fort.
Official* of the Alum Creek Oil Com-
pany 'tale that there > eight feet of
oal nil *snd in the holo and that the
casing was cemented on hard gumbo
just above the sand.
Complete^ Third Well.
This company has been consistently
developing in that territory between La-
• rnia and Stockdale for about two
• •ara. It has completed it* third well
having lost No. 1 ami N". 2 in process
of completion. Tb« No. 2 Wagner
which is within yard' of th- No.
3 drilhsl in Sunday. wa> lost when cav-
ing crushed the perforated ca-ing ;.t the
bottom. Despite that fa« t. this old well
is still standing in oil and it i* being
brought up in a hand bailer.
The analysis of thi* oil. a* made by
ibe San Antonio laboratories i« a- fol-
lows: Gasoline: Percent. 27.5: grav-
ity. 58 Be.
Kerosene: Per rent. 18.75: gravity.
41.5 Be.
Ga* distillate: Per cent. 27.0: grar-
itv. 36.0 Be.
Fuel oil: Per cent. 25.0: gravity.
15.5 Be.
Loss. Ju.*.
Base: Mixed paraffine and asphalt.
Lubricating oils. none.
During the latter part of May. 1918.
the Alum Creek Oil Company began
operations on the Wagner tract two
miles beyond the town of Lavernia.
Well No. 1 was drilled without mishap
to 2117 feet where the bit penetrated
30 feet of what was 'aid to be hard
jmcked oil sands. When a depth of
2500 feet was reached. it wa* decided
to cease drilling and attempt to develop
the sands at 2117 feet. According to of
ficiajs of the company just at- aticcesi
seemed to crown their efforts heavy
gas pressure caused casing to collapse
necessitating aboudoning the wen.
Second Well Abandoned
With the intention of going down to
rhe 2100-foot level where oil sands were
found in the previous wells the second
test was started on the Wagner tract.
January 17. 1920. While drilling
slightly below KXiO feet a stray oil
sand was discovered in No. 2. In at-
tempting to develop this stratum an ac-
< ident of the same nature as in the first
rest occurred which eventually lead t"
the abandonment of the second test.
Confident of the existance of com ner
rial oil in thdlr vicinity. Alum Creek of-
ficials spudded in their third well June
11. 1920. on a location on the Wagner
tract made by H. W. Hagerty an oil
man from California. Several days ag".
Ibo 1000-fuot level was reached and
••ight feet of oil sands was penetrated.
Drillers proceeded to set ten-inch casing
•■n a stratum of hard gumbo just above
the oil sands.
Sunday afternoon shortly after drill-
ing in Imgan accumulated oil flowed <»ut
of the hole in quantities estimated t«
nave been several barrels. Drillers then
started washing and bailing the well
Quality and Price
Is a Hard Team to Beat
Schaefer's Pharmacy
“Vl* Do Not Substitute”
Crockett 14 303 E. Houston
R Chop Suey
Yaka Mein
fgn JAPANESE
RESTAURANT
First Class Sarrica*
I 134 Soledad St
GLASSES FOR YOU
Our service mear.s—-
1. The utmost vision;
f. The utmost in densm;
J.' The utmost in utility—
Reel’
Furnished here only by
Hiclu Bldg. Sen Antonio
suoca raoH all
[VLKOWIT7
|Z J BROS CO dsr
tToac out or tm< high eaiu di 17 SKT
MONDAY.
I preparatory to making a test for pro-
duct lon.
The event tax ing born h< raided over
I the entire countryside and in Ban An-
tonio. large crowds were on hand Sun-
I day afbrnoon t<» unm ss drilling in.
I Automobile* and buggie* began to ap-
’ pear early in the morning. By noou.
| there were several hundnsl people on
• the ground and at the time tool* xxor«
j lowered in the hole it was estimated
that probably 12<MI people made up the
crowd 'iirrounding thc well.
In charge of o|*crations Sumlax af-
I ternoon and looking after the visitors
and answering their question* were B.
L. Ra born. general manager «-f The com-
pany. and J. M. Emu tins a large stock-
। holder iti the company.
i The organization • : the Alum Creek
! Oil Company was affected about two
x ar ago. It i> >aid to be financed
largely by California interest'. D. M.
i Light is president. Jame* Kapp vice
I proideut and B. 1. Raborn. general
. manager.
; Tin* statement xxn> made Sunday by
Mr. Rabun that oil in paying quanti-
ties is being *->>ught. ami that unless
th< tc« at KXMI et in No. 3 sh< ws
1 up a go Hi well. < • ho •• w ill b< 1< ■ |
cued to |•ossibly feet in an effort
II added.
; however that it i* his belief that a
! well good for nt least ten barrels can be
• developed at ItkM feet.
GETS GALANT WATER
Snapp lest on Shiner Kanch Non
Beloxx 1500 beet.
i
The ( arle« A. Snapp < oinpany s tvd
SI in< ranch in McMullen conn-
! ty is drilling in broxxn shale at slight-
. I below 15<ai feet after having parsed
. through 25 feet of sand which yielded
' considerable salt xvater xvith a strong
. flow ~f gas according to a rep rt sent
; The San Antonio L ght by Robert
'<albr<ath Jr. in charge of operations
! .on thi* well. Every indication. Mr.
। Galbreath stated points to an oil show-
- ing in the next fexv hundred feet.
I A new test has been spudded in on
the Lowe Ranch. Mr. Galbreath re-
■ ported and shut «l«*wn awaiting casing.
F The casing is expected to arrive this
' xveek. he stated when drilling probably
) xvill be resumed. The Nueee* CHI and
Ga.* C’ompany is -till moving in material
to start its test on the Pony Jim Mar-
r tin ranch. A nexx test ten miles south
- of the Shiner ranch is also to be made.
• Mr. Galbreath stated by the Western
. Pipe Line and Drilling Comnany. a<*-
s cording to reports current in Three
r River'.
'• The Live Oak Ba-in Company’* tc-t
• in Live Oak ((iintx i* shut doxvn nt
RgMI f.-ct waiting on casing he report-
ed. xx Bile the Witherspoon test in the
’ 'ame vicinity > laying a xvater line.
A new rotary ha* been moved onto
r the Stitz well in McMullen county
which is now drilling at 7**l feet a> ■
• cording to his report.
Fort Brown to Pave Streets.
Brownavilk. Tex.. Oct. 4.—Vnlr'>
pre'cnt plans go awry the work of tar-
viating the road' in Fort Brown will N
’ started this week. The roads have been
graveled for some time and the grave!
ha« been beaten in to an extent thru
' paving experts declare the time is rigid
for the top coating. When the work u
‘ completed the fort xvill ho the only <dtx
a on the border xvith an entirely paved
"The Million
Dollar Pies”
PQQ(] So called because they
contain a million drops of
| sweetness and millions of
thoughts of loving care
j have been given to make Quo
] them so good.
\ “Hubig’s Famous
r Honey-Fruit wj
I Pies”
L>on’t cost a "miilior ‘ to
buy. but they certainly
'Yjo Taste Like a
Million” W
At Your Grocer’s *0
S&XJ for 15< and 20c Y??
JjljD Ask for Them
AMERICAN OPERATORS
CONTROL OIL INDUSTRY
IN LOWER CALIFORNIA
Hold Twice as Much Area
as British- Japanese Test-
ing Sonora.
Mexico (it* (let. 4—Petroleum c..n-
-« v—ions recently given to Alfntl Mm
Krnzie. a British subject in Lower Cal-
ifornia. have been investigated and >•-
jetted by I nited States oil operator*. a« -
xording to newspapers here. Report*
recently printed in this city stated Brit-
ish interests had virtual control of the
oil industry in Loxvcr California and
that the Japanese stood in the -ame po-
sition in the state of Smora. Inquiry
however develops the fa-t that United
States corporations control txvico ns
much territory in Loxver California a*
ha* been turned over to the Briti-h.
The concession recently granted to
Mackenzie includes a strip of territorx-
extending along the Pacific side of the
pminsnla from Ponta d<- Canons to San
to Tomas. American* however held oil
»onco-ioiis farther doxvn the coast and
extending from Ponta de ('onon* -nutb
xx ard to the 27th parallel of latitud .
< Hirer concession* have been given Amer-
i< an* betxvcon Santo Tomas ami the Cal-
i if.•rnia frontier.
On the gulf of California 'ide of tin
ptnin'ula the Marland Oil Company an
irdependent concern xvhi. h ha- been op
orating in the Oklahonri field* ha*' se-
cured control of important territory
Jnpanc-e nil men have taken three con
«• --ion* in Sonora for the p u po>< ni
t' ting the territory.
Democratic Treasurer Named.
Rockdale. TCx.. (let. I. — E. A
• amp. of this city has been named a.«
county treasurer for Milam county bx
.the Democratic national executive cun
i niittee. and ha* begun a campaign foi
| fund* in tbi* countx.
WATCH!
Jr
WAIT!
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
I CASTRO TO COME HERE
i Is Named Vice Consul for Mexico in
San Antonio.
| The foreign relations department of
} Mexico ha* notified Mexican C«»n'ui
Beltran of the appointment of Mauio
Ca*tio rz vice consul in .'an Antonio.
Scnor Castro is now in Mexi«o Citx
an«l i* expected here shortly Edmundo
Martinez <‘'hanodlor of the cou-ulate
wn* tian-fcrn'd to the Nexx Orleans
con*ulatc and left Sunday for hi* new
post.
Th. Mexican consulate ha* been very
Continuing Tomorrow and For the Rest of the Week
Joske’s October Silk Sale
Greater Savings: Bigger Stocks! Wider Selections’ There will be many
exclamations of delight and surprise to be heard here tomorrow when women
view these silks for the first time.
We have gone into the markets with the determination of making this the
greatest silk sale ever held at Joske’s; in San Antonio or lor that matter in
the xvhole Southwest.
While descriptions are limited to this page it by no means covers the ex-
tent of the beautiful and desirable silks offered at lowered prices—-prices so
low that in many instances like qualities could not be duplicated from their
makers at the same figure.
Come to the October Silk Sale with full confidence of finding the silks
you want for any purpose. edo not believe that we hax e overlooked a\\ eax e
pattern or coloring that is fashionable tor Autumn anil W inter 1920-21.
Silk
Salons
Second
Floor
Extra Special
$3.50 Radium Silk $2.39
Soft finish Radium Silk 40 inches wide
comes in the solid colors of navy flesh
nut brown. Quaker drab pink and also in
white and black. Regular $3.50 quality
specially priced yard $2.39.
$2.25 Wash Satin $1.59
An exceptional value is offered in this selec-
tion of wash satin 36 inches wide and may be
had in flesh and white only. Regular $2.25 qual-
ity. yard $1.59.
$2.25 Dress Satin $1.59
Solid-colored Dress Satin 36 inches wide comes
in a beutiful range of new shades including ma-
rine navy Japan blue seal brown sapphire and
also white and ivory. Regular $2.25 quality yard
$1.59.
$2.50 Chiffon Dress Taffeta $1.59
Fine lustrous quality Chiffon Dress Taffta 36
inches wide comes in the solid colors of rose ma-
rine Japanese blue navy and also in pink maize
and white. Regular $2.50 quality yard 51.59.
$2.50 Silk Shirting $1.79
A. selection of satin-striped broadcloth and silk
Radium . luster -triped Shirtings. 32 inches wide
comes in a - cry wide range of beautful colors.
Regular $2.50 quality yard $1.79
$1.75 Silk Poplin $1.09
E j elltn. quality Silk Poplin 3G inches wi<i
• cs in a wide range of solid colors includin
all the mo.-t wanted shades such as rose resed
-moke. r. ickh . sapphire seal marine trench blu
and navy. Regular $1.75 quality yard $1.09.
>2.50 Silk (jeorgette Crepe yard SI.G9.
>2.25 Dre?.- Satin yard $1.86.
-bjjq Silk ( rope d« <’hine yard SIG?
50.50 Silk Crepe Meteor yard $2.19
Satin de Soie. yard $2.03.
00 Satin de Luxe yard $2.59.
'2.-30 Silk Cn-p- d^ Chine yard s2.lb
1.-’.O Satin Raced Meteor yard s3.B'.’
53.30 Silk t ripe d< ('hine yard SI.9S
S.L5’) and sl.oi) Silk and Satin Shirting yard $2.29.
> '..00 Satin ( harm< u o yard $2.89.
*3.50 Satin Imperia! yard $2.98.
.<3.00 Satin EtoJ. >ard $2.29.
>2.50 Chiffon Taffeta yard $2.13.
>ilk >alon^
Second I bihr
busy recently issuing five and six hun
died passports daily tu Mexican lab< r-
cw returning to Mexico moat of Hkm-
men having boon employed in the north
xxotern states.
Several thousand Mexican laborers
that xxere taken to Wruugvl. Alaska
to work in the fisheries are expvctcMl
ba« k this month after having completed
th<ir contract. There were many com-
plaints from the relatives of these men.
a* they x’luiimil that local labor agents
contracted them for seven weeks imd
after th« x were in Alaski. they xvi ie
told it would be seven months before
they would be furnished steamship
transportation to San Francisco.
GRAND DUKE IN SIAM?
Brother of Nicholas R"manoft Not
Killed by Reds Says Russian.
Paris. Oct. ••—Grand Duke Michael
Alexandroviteh o( Russia younger
brother of the lute Emperor Niehoias
was not assassinated by the Bolshevik!
ns had been reported but is now m
Sium according to Nicholas Breshko
Breshkovsky. a Russian author writ
ing in the Figaro.
lie nsserts Ilie grand 'lake escaped
from Penn where he was interned by
Extra Special
$2.00 Silk Georgette Crepe
$1.19
All Silk Georgette Crepe 40 inches
wide comes an excellent assortment of
light medium and dark colors also in
white ivory and black. Regular $2.00
quality yard $1.19.
White Silks and Satins
$2.25 White Silk Taffeta 36 inches wide yard $1.86.
$2.50 White Chiffon Taffeta 36 inches wide yard
$2.13.
$3.00 White Dress Taf'eta 36 inches wide yd. $2.59.
$1.50 White Corded Faille 36 inches wide yd. $3.83.
$2.50 White Dress Satir 36 inches wide yard $2.13.
$3.50 White Satin de Luxe 36 inches wide yd. $2.98.
$2.00 White Silk Crepe de Chine 10 inches ' ide.
yard $1.59.
$2.50 White Spool Silk Crop? de Chine 40 inches
wide yard $2.13.
$3.00 White Real Imported Shantung .0 inches
wide yard $2.59.
$3.00 White Trousseau Crepe 40 inches wide jard
$2.59.
$3.50 White Glossy Silk Radium 40 inches wide
yard $2.98.
$2.50 White Wash Satin. 36 inche- v.i<i? yard $2.13.
$2.00 White Hand-loomed Habutai 26 .nches v idi
yard $1.73.
$2.50 White Shanghai Habutai 36 inches wide y; i I
$2.13.
$3.00 Extra Heavy Habutai 36 inches wide. yd. >2
.$4.50 Satin Charmousette 40 inches wide. yd. 3.«3.
$5.00 Heavy Satin Charmeuse 40 inches wide aid
$1.29.
$6.50 White Ro-e Satin. 40 inches wide yard ■ 5.53.
Black Silks
$2 00 Black Taffeta. 36 inches wide yard $1.5?.
$2.25 Black Chiffon Taffeta 36 inches wide. yac
”$1.73.
*2.50 Soft 1 a.-h Blm i Taffeta. 36 inches v.ide. y: rn
...
83.00 Soft Finish ( biffon Taffeta 30 menus wi<i<‘.
yard $2.59.
$3.50 Heavy Black Dh -- Taffeta -16 nches wal -.
yard $2.95.
$3.50 Blmi: Radium Silk. I" inch"- viu'- ;ard $2.9'
s2.tio Black Satin F ini-h Silk 36 im he. v ide yard
$1.73.
$2.50 Black Satin d‘ Chine Silk 36 inches v. id
yard $2.12.
5.00 Black Sa'in dr I. jxe. 30 inche.- wide. yd. $2 ■'?.
Black. Silk < m de Chine 10 inches - in .
yard sl.s!'.
'.50 Extra Heavy Black Crepe 'le Chine 10 niche
wide yard $2.‘13.
31.00 Spun Silk Crepe de Chine to inches wi n -
yard $3.16.
$1.60 Bia Satin Imperial 40 inches wide. yd. $3.10.
$1.50 Blau Satin Charmeuse 40 inches wide yard
$3.50 Bia : Silk Poplin 40 inches wide yard $2.98.
51.50 Black y .k Faille 10 inches wide yard $3.8.’’..
Extra Specials
*1.75 Soft I <h Black Dress Satin 36 inches wid"
yard $1 lb.
$2.00 Bia' French Dress Satin 36 inches wide yard
SLG9.
$2.25 Blari lonhess Satin 36 inches wide yd. $1.98.
$3.00 Ika- Black Inches Satin 36 inches wide
yard $2.29
$1.75 Black De ■ Taffeta 36 inches wide yd. $1.39
the BolMhcviki and fled into the depth*
of Siberia. Later he reached Siam
after a long adventurous xoyage and
was received by King Chr<» Fa Mam
Vajiravud who married a Russian wo-
man while finirhing his military edu
cation in Petrograd.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff a Bootlegger?
Fort Worth Tex. Oct. I. —Federal
officers left here today for Mobile. Ala.
with F. Stone formerly a deputy sher-
iff there mid now accused of bringing
liquor into the ’"’rt of ^tobih unlaw-
fully. Stone surrendered here re-
cently.
$3.00 Figured Georgette Crepe
$1.59
Fancy figured Georgette Crepe 40
inches wide comes in a most complete line
of all the new and original designs show-
ing attractive color combinations of navy
taupe and brown. Regular $3.00 quality
yard $1.59.
$4.00 Silk Fiber Tricolette $2.28
Silk Fiber Tricolette 36 inrhe. wide comes in
the solid colors of black dust brawn navy and
white. Regular $4.00 quality specially preed
yard $2.98.
$2.00 Fancy Lining Satins $1.69
Fancy lining Satins .36 inches wide comes with
backgrounds of tan navy brown green and other
shades showing beautiful flo.’-.l effects. Regular
$2.00 quality yard $1.69.
$3.50 Satin Charmeuse $2.28
S:;l:n Charmeuse 40 inches wide. This most
popular catin suiting comes in navy green French
blue brown and taupe. Regular $.3.50 quality
yard 32.98.
$3.00 Oriental Silks $1.28
Fancy Oriental lining and Kimono Silk 36
inches xvde comes in a very beautiful line of
patterns anil color combination.*. Regular $3.00
value specially priced $1.98.
$4.00 Fancy Silk Radium $2.29
H avy quality fancy silk Radium 10 inches
.vide comes in a complete assortment of beautiful
Oriental patterns and colorings. Suitable for ki-
monos and coat linings. Regular $4.00 quality
q)eciall> priced yard $2.29.
$3.50 Chiffon Taffeta yard $2.59.
$2.50 Satin Habutai yard $2.13.
$3.00 Trousseau Crepe yard $2.59.
$3.50 Silk Crepe Meteor yard $2.98.
>3.00 Satin Striped Crepe de Chine yard«s2.l9
$2.50 Silk Gros de Londrc yard $2.19.
$3.50 ( hiffon Taffeta yard $2.98.
$2.50 * Wash Satin yard $2.13. •
$4.00 Satin Charmeuse yard $3.40.
$l.OO Satin Radiant yard $3.30.
$3.00 Crepe Meteor yard $2.29.
$3.50 Satin Striped Radium yard $2.29.
$3.50 Satin Meteor yard $2.59.
$4.50 Satin Majestic yard $3.83.
$ Lso Satin Charmeuse yard $3.83.
OCTOBER 4 1920.
Kall Rates to Stand.
Washington D. C. Ort. 4.—The li> L
terstatr Commerce Commission today "
HUMprudcil from November 3 to Man h
3 1921 the cancellation of class au<^
commodity rates from Jackson Misx.Jc
to Greenville Miss. Helena Ark. amiPt
Rains Tenn. in connection xvith tbcV
Gulf. Mobile & Northern Railroad aal
proposed by the Illinois Central Rail-r
road Company and the Yazoo & Mis-
sßsippi Valley Railroad 4’oinpany. I
Confederate Veteran Dies.
Rochdale Trx.. Oct. 4.—<l. W.
ray. 73. a Confederate veteran
hero yesterday of heart trouble.
Sill Salons
Second Floor
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